Intermediate technology books

Expanding Energy Access in Developing Countries surveys the variety of mechanical power applications and options...  Read More >>

To solve the climate crisis, the world must make a wholesale shift to renewable energy technologies. Focusing on...  Read More >>

Industries located in developing countries have made major improvements in environmental performance since the Rio...  Read More >>

Sand rivers can be found in arid and semi-arid areas of the world where water is in short supply. Despite their...  Read More >>

Examines the ways that people, technology and governance shape each other with implications for sustainability....  Read More >>

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A guide for nontechnical and technical people working in less developed communities. It includes instructions and...  Read More >>

This work addresses the history, originality, variety and sophistication of traditional science, technology and...  Read More >>

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This second collection of 32 short, highly-illustrated introductions to appropriate water and sanitation technologies...  Read More >>

Focusing attention human creativity and social interaction, and building on the view that these innate human characteristics...  Read More >>

It is organized according to the stages in the 'cotton chain', from farmer to consumer, and covers each topic authoritatively...  Read More >>

This book covers in depth the design, construction, and operation of a particular type of lime kiln: a continuous,...  Read More >>

This manual is written to help engineers, aid and agency workers understand drainage problems, so that they can...  Read More >>

'Under the right conditions and applications, evaporative air-conditioning (EAC) technologies can provide excellent...  Read More >>

This volume traces the evolution of the concept of Public Health and reveals the importance of political will and...  Read More >>

International technology transfer has been an essential element of the ‘catching up’ process in developing countries...  Read More >>

Offers a collection of papers that addresses a variety of legal, regulatory, institutional, and financial issues...  Read More >>

This book is a study of the development and acquisition of technology by a group of small and medium-sized rural...  Read More >>

After describing the general principles of working with observers, teams and road vehicles in the remote areas of...  Read More >>

Water and Sanitation for All is a collection of selected papers from the 23rd WEDC Conference in Durban, South Africa...  Read More >>

This paper looks at why efforts to provide electricity to poor households have had only limited success and recommends...  Read More >>

This book discusses the techniques and problems of setting up a technological service institute and in particular...  Read More >>